Improvement in shoe-fastenings



G. B. HART.

I Shoe-Fastenings.

$0,143,148. Patented Septembr23,1873.

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GEORGE B. HART, OF BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, LINN COUNTY, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN SHOE-FAOTENINGS.

specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 143,148, datedSeptember 23, 1873 application filed March 27, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. HART, of Buffalo township, in the countyof Linn and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inShoe-Fastenings; and do hereby declare that the following is a true andaccurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of ashoe-front with my improvement attached.v Figs. 2, 3, and 4 aremodifications of the loops or eyelets.

The nature of this invention relates to an improvement inshoe-fastenings where strings are employed. The invention consists inthe peculiar constructionand arrangement of the fastenings for securingthe string or lacing, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent the two sides of ashoe-front, above the instep; and B, a section of the shoe from theinstep. O is a metallic plate, cast, cut, or

- struck to shape, secured by small rivets, or in any other convenientway, and it is provided with a small hole through which one end of thestring or lacing a is passed and secured by a knot, tassel, or otherproper and ornamental device. D are metallic clip-loops, cut, cast, orotherwise made in any of the various forms shown in the figures in thedrawing. These loops are secured to either side ofthe shoe-front, asshown, and opposite each other where it is desired to employ twostrings, (in which case the center of, the string should rest in thehole through the plate 0,) or alternately or zigzag where only onestringis used. These loops are riveted to the shoefront, or otherwisesecurely fastened, and they may be made as ornamental in form as tastemay dictate. E is a compressor, provided with a small loop, b, and is inlike manner fastened near the top of the shoe in any convenient form.When only one string is employed, and one end being secured to the plate0, as above described, the other end is passed through the loopssuccessively and drawn tight, when that end may be secured by passing itthrough the loop bin the compressor,

. and drawing it under the spring-plate 0 thereof,

thereby avoiding the necessity of tying, as is usual. When a doublestring is used the operation is the same, and two compressors, one

on each side, may be employed, if desired, and

the center of the string being passed through the instep-plate, as abovedescribed.

I am aware that hooks have been employed instead of the loops. These,however, when the string is loosened, allow the string to escape, and myobject is to hold the string in place under all circumstances. Neitherdo I claim the compressor; but

What I claim as my invention, and desirev rivet, as described.

' GEORGE B. HART.

Witnesses:

SYLvEsrER G. MATSON, ANDREW E. FULLER.

